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Eyes Without a Face (1959) Movie Review

Starring: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Edith Scob
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Review Summary
A mad plastic surgeon kidnaps and kills young girls to graft their faces onto his daughter to repair the damage he himself caused. The movie features a lesbian housekeeper (in a dog collar).
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Character operated on/altered? Yes
Horror film? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - doctor
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - obsessed - mentally ill - deluded - emotionally unstable - wild
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type - very skinny (female)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th Century (1950-1970)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Forests? Yes
Big cities? Yes
Misc settings - mansion
Kind of city - Beautiful sparkling advanced city
Small town? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Tone of movie - depressed/sad
Check here if B&W Yes
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - French
Subtitles? - Yes
Kinds of F/X - nasty human transformations
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Orchestra/classical
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